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“It's pretty cool, because I finally get to go inside one,” said Kylie Keelty, 9.

You have probably seen the turbines while traveling around Northwestern Vermont. The four windmills started running Dec. 31.

Sunday, neighbors living around the wind farm got a chance to see the project up close.

It’s been about seven years in the making for partners David Blittersdorf and Jim Harrison.

“Wind is one of the best sources of power we have today that is renewable,” Blittersdorf said. “If we are really serious about climate change and carbon, we have to get off fossil fuels.”

The turbines generate about 8 percent of the electricity for Burlington Electric. Each tower is about 300 feet tall. The diameter of the blades from one point to the other is about 300 feet across.

“It’s cool because of how tall they are,” said Kendra Keelty, 10.

Visitors got a chance to go inside Turbine No. 3 and view the controls. While many people’s eyes were pointed upward, it was our ears doing the work.

Wind farms have gotten attention for the noise some neighbors have said emanates from the blades.

Attendees Sunday said it sounds like a large fan or a faraway jet engine.

In winter however, it can be a different story as ice can develop on the blades, affecting noise.

Sunday’s event also focused on the project leader’s work in keeping employees local.

“We're a local construction company,” Harrison said. “And that was very key to us to bring as many local situations as we could here.”

For visitors like House Speaker Shap Smith, D-Morrisville, the open house was about seeing renewable energies in action.

“These kinds of projects are about making the world and this Earth a better place, and making sure that we don't burn the place up,” Smith said.

The Georgia Wind project did not get off the ground smoothly. Last year, partners agreed to a pay a $10,000 fine and contribute the same amount into a remediation. The Public Service Board found the developers had violated their blasting permits.

The four turbines are estimated to produce about 27 million kWh annually.

Harrison said there are no plans to add more turbines at the project site.